It’s now bright enough to see your way around outside at the Pole, which is great…depending on your perspective.
On September 15, 2021, at 7 pm, there will be a special edition of Wednesday Nite @ The Lab, the weekly science outreach series hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This Wednesday’s program features scientists from the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), a UW–Madison research center, who will give a presentation titled “IceCube Turns Ten: Past, Present and Future for the World’s Biggest and Strangest Observatory.”
Last week was a quiet one for IceCube, and the brightening sky was beautiful as it appeared behind the South Pole station.
Last week, some of the winterovers walked out beyond the storage berms out on the ice to take some photographs of the setting moon.
Last week, IceCube winterovers made not one but two trips out to the IceCube Lab.
A highlight of last week’s fun was the “Mountain of madness” burger served up before the trivia night.
Last week was the annual Polympics, where sometimes the rules are arbitrary and people argue about them.
Lighter days are coming, but last week there were still opportunities to take pictures outside in total darkness.
Remember the “Climb to Mt. Everest” challenge, started back in May? The winterovers finally completed the 600 ascents (descents) of the beer can that constitute the equivalent height of Mount Everest.